1938-04-18 — Page 9

Daisy

MAIL Brand

No. 29,917

MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1938

Price: 10 Cts.

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"EXPLOSION"

AT POST OFFICE

Alarming Incident At Nine O'clock To-Day

EUROPEAN

SWIMS FOR LIFE

IN MACAO

BOMB ATTACK

Macao, To-day.

Shortly after I am. yesterday, the inhabitants of Macao were awakened by the sound of heavy gun-fire which rattled their win- dows.

It was learned from the water- front that Japanese destroyers were bombarding, at intervals, the Customs station of Malochau, op- posite Macao, guided by Verey lights which were plainly to be seen by residents from various vantage points.

Sudden Flare-Up

Follows Use Of Water

Following the mysterious explosion and fire in the General Post Office yesterday in which a con-

It

STRATEGIC RETREAT

Paris, To-day-

A strategic retreat to a certain point is admitted by the insurgent high command at Saragossa, who deny the Republican daim to re- capture of. Benicarlo Reuter.

signment of mail from Shanghai, for tranship-GUERILLA

ment by air to Chungking and Hankow was involved, further excitement was caused at

about 9 o'clock this morning when a further ATTACK ON

outbreak was reported.

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CHANGCHOW

Shanghai, To-day.

Three thousand Chinese gueril-

appears that the sorting of the mail, delayed as the result of the explosion yesterday, was con- tinuing this morning when the sorters were startled to hear a series of short hisses, accom- las launched an attack on panied by smoke, emerging from a large Changchow, near Wusih, yester packet, which sounds they compared with an day, according to the “Shanghai electric wire short-circuiting.

12-

Times."

The distinct sound of

and. One man was so startled that "China Mail,” were several tins of chine-gun firing, nearer he fell backwards and sustained naphthaline acid which is known more frequent than anything slight injury to his head.

to be highly inflammable.

previously heard, was heard from Macao residents on housetops

Acting quickly, the men in the What would have happened had the outskirts of the French Con- witnessed four Japanese planes vicinity, applied the automatic the incidents occurred in the air cession during the night. nose-diving over the Custom's fire extinguisher and were appar-can readily be imagined. hulk "Tung Li, stationed off Pak ently, getting the better of the Chun near Leppa, at about 10 outbreak when water was applied.

2.m.

As each plane dived they ma- chine-gunned the Customs ship where the personnel, comprising: of one European and about thirty Chinese were carrying out their daily work.

The warplanes let loose nine bombs but the last one scored a direct hit and set the boat on fire which eventually sunk.

There was an instant flare-up which assumed such serious pro-i portions that the Fire Brigade

was summoned.

OFFICE

ter.

EQUIPMENT

MUCH DAMAGE

Considerable damage was auf- fered by the remainder of the mail due to water and the sorting room] G: T: ALLSTEEL-FILING CABINETS. soon afterwards presented a sorry picture. Letters of all descriptions saturated and quite indecipherable It is reported by a Customs were strewn all over the floor and official that five men were sorting was at a standstill while in- wounded but fortunately not seri-vestigations proceeded. ously.

JUMP FOR LIFE

In trying to escape from the machine-gun fire and bombs, five

men,

Mr. S. Bandle, Controller of Mails, was personally conducting investigations assisted by the fol lowing Fire Brigade officers FitzHenry, Smith and Messrs. Brown. Police officers present were Mr. A. R. S. Major, Detective In- spector Murphy, Insp. Hourihet and Sgt. Soutar.

including the European Mr. Antonic Simoes, donned life belts and jumped into the river

THEORY OF INCIDENTS and swam to land. It is learned that four reached the shore and

The present theory is that the one Mr. Yu King Hi, Chinese off- cer is missing and up to a late outbreak was due to the spontan- hour yesterday evening to news eous combustion of photographi- of his whereabouts could be ob- materials which were known to tained by the local Custom Au- have been included in the consign mie noticed among the de Our Own Correspón-ment, thorities dent

bris by a representative of the

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